As you say, when I visit a folder, dovecot (re-)indexes it.
That's very useful if I want to do a search on the server.

Wait - are you talking about a full text index? Normally dovecot keeps
an index of a maildir to avoid having to reread the entire directory,
but a fulltext index is something else.

No I'm not talking about a full-text index.
Nor am I talking about a Maildir

And yes, I realise Thunderbird builds its own indexes ...
and I wish it wouldn't

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